Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Islamabad	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$496	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1174	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$228	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$388	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.6	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$146	$792
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	70	45
😀 Quality of life	50	69
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.08M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 40% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8685th and 6663rd ($496 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Islamabad compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Islamabad ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6656th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Nur-Sultan

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	Islamabad	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$233	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.59%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1529	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.3	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.85	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.31	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.95	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.36	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.19	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.68	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.82	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.91	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.3	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.5	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3550	$6976

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$371
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$280
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$373
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$253
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$373
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$321
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$394
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$335
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$344
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$391
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$382
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$313
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$286
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$309
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$393
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$332
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$381
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$359
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$450
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$306
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$379
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$397
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$339
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$371
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$438
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$340
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$456
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$346
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$504
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$401
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$350
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$391
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$440
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$447
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$379

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553